Makin' the Local Paper

Here I am in this week's paper.

C L O W N

c l o w n

Now in each space, I'm going to put in a picture, but only a picture that contains mostly primary colors.

A Scrapbooking Moment

Ever wanted to start a digital scrapbook and didn't know where to start? Well, I'd start with my book, Digital Art Photography for Dummies (see ad on top).

Next I'd start with making a background for your scrapbook page. What better color to start with than a primary one. Maybe even more than one primary.

To make these colors in photoshop, double click on the background square in the tools palette. A color picker will come up. Don't pick a color, but, instead play around with these numbers to get a primary.

Start with (255, 255, 255) represents white, then move on to making these other colors--

• (0, 0, 0) represents black
• (255, 0, 0) represents red
• (0, 0, 255) represents blue
• (0, 255, 0) represents green
• (255, 255, 0) represents yellow
• (255, 0, 255) represents magenta
• (0, 255, 255) represents cyan

Now for the simpliest background

1. Open a new file in Photoshop
2. Set width and heigth to 8X10
3. Double click on the front (foreground) square of the tools palette
4. Type 0,0,0 in the second column of boxes (that will give you black).
5. Type in 255,0,0 which will give you red.
6. Use the paintbucket tool to mark parts of your design red.
7. Repeat 5 and 6 for other colors for other parts.

Climate Change Variables

I'm copying this from palmspringsdailyphoto.blogspot.com, my other blog, because of its high interest level.


Palm Springs, 2004

There used to be water that flowed down the San Jacinto Mountains this time of year. Could it be global warming causing the West's drought?

I'm not sure. As a guy who's had a couple of climatology courses under his belt (I've got a B.S. degree in meteorology from FSU), I know there have been longer and worse droughts than this before.

On the other hand, one might conclude that, with all the melting water at the poles, the ocean is cooling. Of course the dynamics are much more complex that that. In meteorology, they use equations, with each variable weighted according to how much scientists think it affects the climate.

What would you guess in percentage terms the weight (in percent) of the temperture of the water of the melted ice at the poles would affect the climate? Come on now, buddying daily photo scientists, take a swipe at this one!

Other variables: The West is very rainy when El Nino is present because of warmer ocean tempertures. Consider, too, that upwelling is a natural occourance on the West coast. Upwelling is caused by the earth's rotation. When the earth turns, the top layers of the ocean get dragged out to sea, letting the colder deeper water flow upward to the surface.

Elvis Returns

Come Hither

The hand that invites you to click above, to get your copy of Digital Art Photography for Dummies.

Cathedral City, CA

Today I take you to the city next door. Cathedral City is right next to Palm Springs. My house is closer to downtown Cathedral City than it is to downtown Palm Springs, even though I live in Palm Springs. This photo is a longer exposure at night of the fountain in downtown Cat City (we call it Cat City here). During the day in the summer, zillions of kids play in the fountain.